Boll-weevil destroyer



- 1,475,467 G. w. WISELEY BOLL WEEVIL DESTROYER Nov. 27 1923.

Filed Sept. 23 1922 s Sheets-Sheet I George TAXI 1652,29

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G. W. WISELEY BOLL WEEVIL DESTROYER Filed Sent. 23. 1922 s Sheets-Sheet 2 gwvewh'o George M Wzlsejqy Nov. 27,1923. 7 1,475,467

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BOLL WEEVIL DESTROYER FiIed Sent. 23. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 5' George Whseley a gwvenfov Patented N v. 27, 1923.

, warren STATES:

PATENTOFFH CE.

scones 1w..- WISELEY, or HoLnENvrLLn, OKLAHOMA.

BOLL-WEEVIL DESTROYER.

Application filed September 23, 1922. 'Seria1 Nfo. 590,090.v

travel of the cultivator along a row of plants to remove from the plants boll weevils andother pests which feed upon and destroy vegetation. The invention seeks'to prov de an apparatus which may be readily attached to any wheeled cultivator and cause a plurahty of heaters to oscillate so as to impinge upon the plants'and cause the insects feed-- ing thereon to be released and dropped into gathering pans disposed below the heaters and carried by the cultivator at the sides of the plants. The invention is illustrated in ,he accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a planview of a cultivator having my improved attachment applied thereto Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation thereof;

Fig. 4 is a detail view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, showing the operating mechanism as viewed from the inner end of the same; I

Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of the operating mechanism and Fig. (i is a detail end view of the beater shaft.

In the drawings, the indicates a wheeled cultivatorwhich may be of any approved design and comprises essentially an arched axle 2 supported upon ground wheels 3 and carrying a frame 4 to the front side of which a draft tongue 5 is secured. A drivers seat 6 is also carried by the frame l, and cultivator beams 7 are at tached to the side portions of the arched axle 2, all these parts being well known and.

in themselves constituting no part of my invention.

In carrying out my invention, I secure to the under side of the tongue 5 a bearing 8 in which the front end of a rock shaft 9 is journaled, and upon the axle 2 at the center of the same, I secure a bracket 10 of suitable form in which the rear end of said rock shaft s an apparatus to be at-' 10 tached to a cultivator and operated by the,

reference numeral 1 '22, as clearly shown.

is journaled. 'At intervals along the rock shaft 9, I secure thereto clamp collars 11 in which brushes or heaters 12 of any preferred form are secured, said brushes or heaters extending alternately in opposite directions from the shaft, as clearly shown in Figs. 1

and 3, so that they will be disposed at opposite sides of the row of plants, indicated at 13.

I also secure to the tongue 5 a cross bar 14, to the ends of which are secured the upper ends of chainsor' similar devices 15 which have their lower ends attachedto and supporting'the front ends of gathering pans 16 The said pans 16 extend longitudinally of the machine and are disposed at opposite sides of the row of plants and close to the ground. so that all the insects which may be beaten from the bushes will be caught in the pans, the pans containing a quantity of oil or other material which will destroy the insects as they drop into the same. The rear ends of the pans are carried by brackets or hangers 17 which are secured to and depend from the cultivator beams 7, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and as will be readily understood. It will be alsoreadily understood that these hangers 17 are so set that the pans will be supported at the. proper distance above the surface of the" ground andout of contact therewith so that they :will-not'be surface. 7

Connected in any preferred manner with one of the ground wheels 3 sons to rotate therewith is a sprocket gear 18, around which is trained a sprocket chain 19 which is also trained around a sprocket pinion 20- V secured on the outer end of a shaft 2i which is mounted in suitable bearings upon a frame 22 securedto and projecting rearwardly from the arched axle'of thecultivator, a supporting brace 23 being secured to the vertical member of thearched axle and extending-upwardly therefrom to the frame This frame may be of any convenient construction which will firmlysupport the parts and upon its inner end is mounted an angle lever 24. Theshaft 21 is provided with a crank 25 at its inner end, and a link 26 connects the said crank with the outer free end of the angle lever 24: so that the rotation of the said shaft will impart an oscillatory movement to said lever. The inner arm of the angle lever 24 is connected by a link 27 with a crank 28 extending from the rock shaft 9 so that the oscillation of the lever 24' will be imparted through said crank to the shaft to rock the same and thereby oscillate the heaters 12 so that they will be carried to and fromthe opposite sides of the brushes in an obvious manner. The link 27 may be engaged in any one of a plurality of openings 29 in the inner arm of the angle lever 24 so that the throw of the rock shaft and the heaters may be readily adjusted;

It will be readily seen from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that, as the culti vator is drawn along the row of plants, the rotation of the ground wheel 3 will beimparted directly to the sprocket wheel 18 and will be transmitted through the gearing shown and described-to the rock shaft 9'so that theibrushes or heaters 12 will be vibrated, as indicated by the dotted linesin Fig. 8,

and caused to impinge rapidly upon the plants so that the insects and 1mper=fect bollswill he dislodged and will drop into the pans 16 disposedbelow the heaters and below the foliage of the plants. will not impose any appreciable additional strain upon the cultivator and will operate automatically as long as the cultivator is in motion. Theheaters may be provided in sufficient numbers to insure action upon all the plants in-the row and through the im pact of the heaters upon the plants and the consequent shaking of the plants,-the insectswill. be dislodged andfall at once into the gathering pans; My attachment can be readily applied to any cultivator at a low cost and in a. short period of time without the employment of skilled labor. o

It is to be understood that while I have specifically mentioned boll weevils in the foregoing description, the apparatus may be employed for removing and destroying beetles and all other similarpestswhich feed upon growing plants Having thus deseri bed the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with. wheeled frame,

of a rock shaft supported centrally and lone'itiulinall' in said frame clam) collarssecured in spaced relation along said rock shaft, heaters rigidly mounted-Lin said clamp collars, SHICl heaters extending alternately The device of a rock shaft supported centrally and longitudinally in said frame, clamp collars'secured in spaced relation along said rock shaft, heaters rigidly mounted in said clamp collars, said heaters extending alternately in radialrplanes set at substantially 90 from the axis of the rock shaft, and all of said heaters being rearwardly and parallelly inclined in said planes, said heaters including straight shanks and brushes at the free ends of the shanks.

3. The combination with a Wheeled frame,

of a rock shaft supported centrally and 1011- gitudinally in said frame, clamp collars secured in spaced relation along said rock shaft, heaters rigidly mounted in said clamp collars, said heaters extending alternately in radial'set planes at substantially 90 from the axis of the rock shaft, all of said heatersbeing rearwardly and parallelly inclined in said planes, an elbow lever fulcrumed in said frame, one arm of said elbow lever having operative connection with the rear end of said rockshaft, a crank shaft carried transversely in said frame, means connected with one of the wheels of the frame adapted to rotate said crank shaft, operative connection between the crank shaft and the other arm of said elbow lever, gathering pans in juxtaposition below said heaters, the rear ends of said pans being flexibly supported invsaid' frame, a transverse rod secured at the for= ward end of said frame, and chain connection between the free ends of said transverse rod and the forward endsv of said gathering pans.

at. The combination With a wheeled'frame, of a rock shaft supportedcentrally and 1011-.

gitudinally in said frame, beaterssecured in spaced relation along said rock shaft and extending alternately. in radial planes set at substantially 90 from the axis of the rock shaft, and all of saidheaters being rearwardly and parallelly inclined insaid planes. I p

In testimony whereof I afix my signature GEORGE TV. lVIS'ELEYz. [L. s] 

